The Amalfi Curse: A Bewitching Tale of Sunken Treasure, Forbidden Love, and Ancient Magic on the Amalfi Coast (Original)

Great book - quick read. Interesting plot.

Loved this book. Mystifying story, clever interwoven plot. You will enjoy this adventure! If you have traveled the Amalfi coast, you will understand how this impactful this beautiful place appears.

My second Penner read and perhaps closer to a 3.5 rating. While Penner has great, entertaining concepts, her execution leaves me wanting more. The dual timeline is an effective storytelling device and Penner does it well. I think I find her contemporary timeline characters hollow and only doing service to the plot and the “real” story taking place in the past. I had a similar feeling with The Lost Apothecary. Regardless, Penner’s success is likely to continue and I will likely pick up the next title that intrigues me.

Great book, easy read

An interesting story about streghe or witches who used to protect the Italian town of Positano on the Analog coast. Mari is descended from the sirens and the witches of Positano have protected the families for centuries until she falls in love with an American sailor, Holmes Foster. They go through many trials and tribulations in their relationship. Haven is a modern marine archaeologist who comes following her father who discovered about the witches and Mazza brothers who were bad people back in the early 19th century. It is interesting how the two stories are intertwined.